The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-04
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REY. Coax WzBB and G big black bear met
recor.lv =, the woods Of Pocoholtas county, W.
Va Hr webb sucnt the mex. five hours in dodg
ing arJ1ni the beast, and finally killed him with
a T-o--Ee- 1Eisc
i never rains but it potrs on the farm Of
Nvron HCskings OF Maple Grove, Mich. The
o.he- dag Mrs. Husllngs gave birth 10 triplets,
twp % his eEeS 10 five Lambs, a-iI the family
-, % seven Kittens.
So sharp is the competition between real
estate dealers In Los Angeles Cal, that they
otTe- remarkable Inducements To purchasers.
0Ee OF tneln alvertiseS that every purchaser OF
: lot from MIN Will be vaccinated free OF charge.
wHES Paradise Lost" was first published. in
lG5. Edmund Mailer, himself poet and critic,
said: The old blind schoolmaster, John Milton,
has published a tedious poem on the fall of man;
If Us length bc not considered merit, 1t has 10
ether
The story has recently been imported of an
English grave stone MAKER who was ordered to
cut on a stone the words: "A virtnous woman is
q crown t. her husband" The stone, however,
being small. he engraved on II: "A virtuOus
woman is rs. 70 her husband" in England 5s.
piece Is called a crown
\ PRETTY ScA&DINAvIAX TRADITION reports
that the swallow lowered over the cross of our
Lord, crying Saliva! SALIVA - Console. Console)
whence il was ever called swallow. the bird of
consolation There is a curious story that this
bird brings home from the seashore a stone that
gives sight TO her tiedglngs
THIS remarkable yarn appears in the Kennebec
Journal. "Mr. J. NJ. Libby purchased pocket
full Of peanuts ct J. F. Adams grocery store on
State street. He was in the act of eating them,
and on cracking one 10, a tiny full-blown pink
rose. which filled the interior of the shell, ap-
pcared, fresh and unfaded. How it came in the
shell IS an unSOlved mystery"
The Criminal Club, of Yale College, an or
ganizat;on composed of students who have been
arrested during their term for some misdeed or
other. held its first annual banquet Monday
night. covers being laid for twenty-four. The
menu was most elaborate, and the speeches
spanked with humorous "reminiscences in which
the New Haven police largely figured.
THE following article is clipped from the so
ciety column of that interesting paper, the
Heppner (Ore.) Gazette: Miss Carrie Dillon
will teach the school up Ram CiuIch this spring
Carrie is now developing her muscle with pair
of dumb bells, and proposes to subjugate old
Tom Carter's frecSle-faced boy if she has to
break his back and horsewhip old Tom if he in
terferes.n
THE only responsible bondsman of the default
ing Treasurer of the town of Greenfield, Mass,
was Charles Henry, en- old and respected ner-
chant, who recently retired with Just enough
money to keep him in decent comfort At a
town meeting it was voted by big majority
not to prosecute Mr.. Henry. although the suit
would undoubtedly be successful, because he
would then be stripped of all his property.
A TRAMP PRINTER recently fell into the hands
of the st. Paul police, who took him to court
I'm sorry, Bill said the Judge. I've let you
go good many times, but l think that this
time ii have TO put you at work on the stone
pile for about thirty days" ''An right Judge, :"
responded Bill: you've got everything in your
hands q * NIL buf
tell you right now that I'm NO geOlogist, al
though q student Of nature Its said that Bill
was discharged
NJ. BARTHoLDI has just visited London for the
first time in more than thirty-flve years. He
went there to tender TO the officers of the forth
coming American Exhibition the use Of a unique
work OF art, in which his skill as a nodeller and
sculptor has been combined with the handiwork
OF H. Lavastre, the scenic artist of the Grand
Opera, Paris. The picture, which is of vast
dimensions, represents New York harbor as
seen from the deck of a ship. Prominent in the
foreground is a replica of the Statue of Liberty
A FIRE in New Albany, Ind, and consequently
a hose laid across the railroad track stopped an
Air Line train on Wednesday Among the first
of the passengers to jump from the train was a
pig, well dressed young man, who ran TO the
burning building and began TO help carry out
household goods, thereby displaying great
strength. Soon it was whispered that f'7a man
was John L. Sullivan, and worked ceased for a
moment while every one stopped TO gaze on
him. and one of the pipemen inadvertently
turned the hose IN his direction, causing him to
beat retreat. 1t was Sullivan.
A PLACE on earth has been found where taxes
are unknown. 1t is a territory bordering on the
northern line of Lincoln county, Me-, called
"Hibbert's Gore" 1t contains 1874 acres of
land and 10 furnishing families 1t is bounded
by the lines of three counties, Knox. Lincoln
and Waldo, but is not claimed by either The
inhabitants do not maintain municipal organ
lZatlon and cannot vote for President, Governor
members of the Legislature. or town officers
but they are cOntented with their lot have fine
farms and good roads, their pork barrels and
do not care a snap about politics. This COM
mlnlty comes as near TO having Utopia as COM
munity ever did.
DURING the past winter mary cowboys out of
work have taken to ''wolfng that is hunting
wild animals. Range men furnish horses. rifles
ammunition strychnine and free board and the
Territory pays Dounties. Mountain lions and
bear fetch So; gray wolves and timber wolves
% coyotes, 81; prairie dogs, 10c.; ground
squirrels, &c. each. In addition the bows get
ready sale for the pelts, as follows: Bears and
lions " TO $40; wolves SO 80; coyotes 81 to
u 90 prairie dogs, &c. to 10c.; squirrels, 1Oc
County Commissioners in Montana are a,ltlor-
lied to appropriate 500 in each county. if IIr-
gently needed, to eXterininate prairie pups and
squirrels. In Arizona the bounty Isl Lynx. 50:
oop cdto, SEi siilall WOlt, Sl; timber wolf, So;
coyote 81: bear 49, panther, puma, cougar,
mountain lion, SIS; jack rabbit, sc.
SOME WOMEN are never contented One of this
kind has gone before & magistrate in England
and asked for a divorce on the ground that. in
the forty years Of her married life her husband
had bitten her every day and that she was
ready tc swear 70 nearly 1900 OF these love
nlps young woman of Detroit has refusr
thirty distinct offers. and prefers, as yet The
cold conpanionshp Of her quarter of million
of dollars. In Maryland a blooming widow of
30 has just buried her sixth husband, and score
oi eager suitors are yet willing to be imm0lared
on the altar Of her beauty. That while there Is
lie there Is hope has been demonstrated bv a
massachusetts, maiden of ~ who got married
last week, and by a Chicago husband who rot
MS seventh divorce while in search Of the model
wife. Altogether, the matrimonial market il
lively and strong
JOSHUA c. l4tRENcE, who recently died in
Philadelphia, left s., 600 to the First CITY Troop.
o. which he was a member Wien this sum
shall have reached $4,000, by julicious invest
nent, it is to be known as The Laurence Horse
ana Equipment Fund. No $50. a." that rcing the
lestatorS number on the active ron Of Lle
Troop and the interest thereof to be applied
forever TO the purchase and maintenance of n
morse Tor the uses and purposes of the organiza-
tion' as the commanding officer from time to
Tune shall determine. The lucky animals i'm
turn and their equipments will be known bv the
name OF Second Sergt Laurence" Corp,
Laurence, or Josh Llurcuca," the tt.statoi's
desire being that there shall always be a horse
thoroughly equipped and ready for service, his
tod